depression

Certain foods have been shown to improve mental health by heightening mood, reducing the effects of stress and improving brain function. Megan Lee and Joanne Bradbury look at what the research suggests we should be eating.

Health experts say depression treatment needs to change to incorporate healthy eating and are calling for the government to subsidise the cost of a dietitian for people with the debilitating mental condition.

Gut health is increasingly seen as connected to major depressive disorder (MDD) and a simple test could one day provide much better outcomes for millions of sufferers of this debilitating and costly condition.